ENGLISH FOOD

and 9:00,

Lunch - between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m.

Dinner

(sometimes called Supper) - The main meal. Eaten anytime between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. (Evening meal)

the 'Full English' and sometimes referred to as 'The Full

English Fry-up'.

Consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms. Even though not many people will eat this for breakfast today.

likely to be a bowl of cereals, a slice of

toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee.

adults at work will have a 'packed lunch'. This typically

consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink. The 'packed lunch' is kept in a plastic container.

Sandwiches are also known as a 'butty' or 'sarnie' in some parts of the UK.

juices of the roast meat on the meat and usually

the vegetables.

One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes.

A typical British meal for dinner is meat and "two veg".

found that most people in Britain eat curry! Rice or

pasta are now favoured as the 'British Dinner'.

Vegetables grown in England, like potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbages and onions, are still very popular.

A pudding is the dessert course of a meal

(`pud' is used informally). In Britain, we also use the words 'dessert, 'sweet'' and 'afters'.
Not all our puddings are sweet puddings, some are eaten during the starter or main course like Yorkshire Pudding and Black Pudding.

but each pudding begins with the same basic ingredients of

milk, sugar, eggs, flour and butter. Many of the puddings involve fresh fruit such as raspberries or strawberries, custard, cream, and cakes.
The more traditional and well known home-made puddings are apple or rhubarb crumble, bread and butter pudding, spotted dick and trifle. The traditional accompaniment is custard, known as crème anglaise (English sauce)

4 o'clock tea)
This is a small meal, not a drink.

Traditionally it consists of tea (or coffee) served with either of the following:
Freshly baked scones
Afternoon tea sandwiches
Assorted pastries

traditional 6 o'clock tea)

The British working population

did not have Afternoon Tea. They had a meal about midday, and a meal after work, between five and seven o'clock. This meal was called 'high tea' or just 'tea'.

This meal is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating their main meal in the evenings rather than at midday.

million cups of the stuff and each year around 144

thousand tons of tea are imported.
Tea breaks are when tea and biscuits are served. The traditional time for tea breaks are at 11:00 am (Elevensee) and 4 pm in the afternoon.

Tea in Britain is traditionally brewed in a warmed china teapot, adding one spoonful of tea per person and one for the pot. Most Britons like their tea strong and dark, but with a lot of milk.

a cuppa', they are asking if you would like a

cup of tea.
If someone says 'let me be mother' or 'shall I be mother', they are offering to pour out the tea from the teapot.

People either drink it with milk or have it black
Britain

is also well known for its ale which tends to be dark in appearance and heavier than lager. It is known as "bitter"

Drinks

a baked dish consisting of a filling such as chopped

meat or fruit enclosed in or covered with pastry (a mixture of flour and butter).

Porkpie

other puddings but instead as part of the main course

or at a starter.

Yorkshire pudding, made from flour, eggs and milk, is a sort of batter baked in the oven and usually moistened with gravy.

The traditional way to eat a Yorkshire pudding is to have a large, flat one filled with gravy and vegetables as a starter of the meal. Then when the meal is over, any unused puddings should be served with jam or ice-cream as a dessert.

with sausages placed in the batter before cooking.
Toad-in-the-Hole

goose, gammon, turkey or game
 

English take-away food and is the traditional national food of

England. It became popular in the 1860's when railways began to bring fresh fish straight from the east coast to the our cities over night.

In the north of England, fish and chips is often served with "mushy peas" (mashed processed peas).

was invented


1902: Marmite was invented

and chips
pizza
baked beans on toast

with teapot
Fish and chips
2) Which line is not a description

of traditional English breakfast?
A slice of toast, cup of coffee
A baked beans, fried bread, mushrooms

3) A ‘’butty” in some parts of UK is:

4) Which meal is not a dessert?

5) The Britons drink traditional tea:
Only during the breakfast

6) If someone says ‘’let me be mother”:
They want to have children soon

c) Traditional English breakfast

Bread

c) Sandwich

b) Butter

c) At 5 o’clock

b) At 4 and 6 o’clock

c) A sandwich, a piece of fruit

Cottage Pie

c) Apple Cramble

b) Bread and butter Pudding

b) They are offering to pour out the tea

c) They want to be your mother